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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 20, 2016Portage County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2016, 11:39 AM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2016, 11:39 AM CDT (16:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2016, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Portage County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

184 
WWUS83 KGRB 201639
SPSGRB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1139 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016

WIZ035-036-201730-
PORTAGE-WOOD-
1139 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WOOD AND
NORTHWESTERN PORTAGE COUNTIES...

AT 1137 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
MARSHFIELD...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ALSO ACCOMPANY
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STEVENS POINT AND WHITING AROUND 1230 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE
RUDOLPH...ELLIS...POWERS BLUFF COUNTY
PARK...STOCKTON...BETHEL...MILLADORE...AUBURNDALE...PARK
RIDGE...DEWEY MARSH WILDLIFE AREA AND JUNCTION CITY.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4468 9009 4469 8961 4467 8940 4441 8946
      4453 9010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 284DEG 18KT 4461 8998 

$$

EB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood41 min
Jul 20, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood36 min
Jul 20, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood40 min
Jul 20, 3:02 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryGRBBrown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto and 7 more13 hr
Jul 20, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood57 min
Jul 20, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood58 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.